Publication: Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester

Publication: Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred BesterPublication Record # 33004
Author: Alfred Bester
Date: 1976-12-00
Catalog ID: 3140
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
Price:
$3.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: 409
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: OMNIBUS
Cover: Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester by Jack Woolhiser
Notes:
- First edition thus (not stated).
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for December 1976.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC catalog.
- "3140" printed at the bottom on the back flap of the dustjacket.
- First printing has gutter code "G47" [verified] on page 408, indicates a printing in November, 1976.
- "Jacket painting by Jack Woolhiser" printed on the back flap of the dust jacket, no visible signature.
- SFBC omnibus of two individually published collections: The Light Fantastic and Star Light, Star Bright. These collections are acknowledged on the book's dustjacket, title page and on the copyright page. Each collection has its own table of contents, but pagination continues from one collection to the next. The Light Fantastic is on pages 1-200, and Star Light, Star Bright is on pages 201-409.
- First printing is bound in navy boards with yellow lettering
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2649815
- Reginald-3: 17899

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Omnibus Title: Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester • [The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester] • omnibus by Alfred Bester

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Star Light, Star Bright • [The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester • 2] • (1976) • collection by Alfred Bester
5 • 5,271,009 • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester
41 • Ms. Found in a Champagne Bottle • (1968) • short story by Alfred Bester
45 • Fondly Fahrenheit • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester
66 • Comment on Fondly Fahrenheit • (1970) • essay by Alfred Bester
69 • The Four-Hour Fugue • (1974) • short story by Alfred Bester
88 • The Men Who Murdered Mohammed • (1958) • short story by Alfred Bester
102 • Disappearing Act • (1953) • short story by Alfred Bester
121 • Hell Is Forever • (1942) • novella by Alfred Bester
The Light Fantastic • [The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester • 1] • (1976) • collection by Alfred Bester
205 • Adam and No Eve • (1941) • short story by Alfred Bester
219 • Time Is the Traitor • (1953) • novelette by Alfred Bester
242 • Oddy and Id • (1950) • short story by Alfred Bester
260 • Hobson's Choice • (1952) • short story by Alfred Bester
276 • Star Light, Star Bright • (1953) • short story by Alfred Bester
294 • They Don't Make Life Like They Used to • (1963) • novelette by Alfred Bester
328 • Of Time and Third Avenue • (1951) • short story by Alfred Bester
338 • Isaac Asimov • (1973) • essay by Alfred Bester
343 • The Pi Man • (1959) • short story by Alfred Bester
363 • Something Up There Likes Me • (1973) • short story by Alfred Bester
387 • My Affair with Science Fiction • (1974) • essay by Alfred Bester

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Publication: Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester

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